Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Apr 24, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2016, 7:31 PM CDT

In force

16 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

2.0 in

County Washington County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
715 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 714 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER MAHASKA...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN
           MUNDEN WITH THIS STORM. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9701 3998 9700 3990 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 250DEG 37KT 3995 9737 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
731 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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WASHINGTON-
731 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4000 9701 3998 9700 3990 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 250DEG 37KT 4001 9716 

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.